Invisible Things

Science Fiction and political satire, featuring a sociologist who heads off into space as an experiment and ends up in a replica of an American City on one of Jupiter's moons.The story is obvious commentary and the city is a microcosm of our world where the haves do anything to keep their place of power, including lies, propaganda and exploiting the fears and indifferent of people who just want to live. The conflict is intensified by adding what may or may not be an alien presence that scares the residents into paranoid silence. I enjoy the way Johnson structures his plots to increase in chaos all the way to the end, like a Mel Brooks movie. Invisible Things didn't have as much heart as [b:Loving Day 23164956 Loving Day Mat Johnson https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1420795734l/23164956.SY75.jpg 42710982] and it wasn't as funny as [b:Pym 8501708 Pym Mat Johnson https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320435734l/8501708.SX50.jpg 13367639], but it's still a good read. Johnson should be much more popular.